{
    "term": "ignorance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a lack of knowledge or information about something",
            "sensetop": "ignorance of somethingignorance about somethingin ignorance of somethingout of ignorancethrough ignorance",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They fought a long battle against prejudice and ignorance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hate to admit my ignorance, but how does it work?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He showed a remarkable ignorance of the facts.",
                    "contextForm": "ignorance of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "widespread ignorance about the disease",
                    "contextForm": "ignorance about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were kept in ignorance of their government's activities.",
                    "contextForm": "in ignorance of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children often behave badly out of ignorance.",
                    "contextForm": "out of ignorance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many lives are lost through ignorance.",
                    "contextForm": "through ignorance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pleaded ignorance of any wrongdoing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Outsiders, in their ignorance, fail to understand this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These attitudes are based on ignorance and fear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This showed a profound ignorance of local customs."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["complete", "total", "utter"],
                "verb + ignorance": ["betray", "demonstrate", "display"],
                "preposition": [
                    "due to ignorance",
                    "in ignorance  (of)",
                    "in your ignorance"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the state of not knowing about something and so being unable to worry about it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We preferred to remain in blissful ignorance of what was going on."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you do not know about something, you cannot worry about it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some doctors believe ignorance is bliss and don't give their patients all the facts."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪɡnərəns/",
                "audio": "ig/ignorance/ignorance__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪɡnərəns/",
                "audio": "ig/ignorance/ignorance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorantia, from ignorant- ‘not knowing’, from the verb ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’."
}